Sunday, September 21, 2008
NFL Quote Of The Day
Bob Griese attempted 67 passes today to lead the Tampa Bay Buccaneers over the Chicago Bears in overtime. One commentator during a postgame show said, 'He threw to guys I didn't even know were on the roster!'
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Economic Justice?...what does that mean?
An interesting article from Investors.com details Obama's economic plan for change. But is it a change we can afford? Read for yourself and decide.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Time For Term Limits?
It's the beginning of 2008, Football season is starting, Baseball season is in it's homestretch with teams counting games they need to win before clinching their divisions, and the US 'Do-Nothing-Congress' has a dismal approval rating of 17.8% Approval rating..the lowest in history. This figure taken from Real Clear Politics
Dare I hope that people are waking up? 535 people are in our US Senate and in our US House of Representatives...working for us, the citizens of the United States. We pay their salaries, and they are to do what we want them to do...but there is no accountability, there is no performance plan that they stick to, just a bunch of empty promises election after election. And we keep sending the same tired bunch to Washington...WHY?? What is it going to take for the people of this country to say enough is enough, and to tell Washington to stop wasting our money?
How many of you reading this have a job performance plan? How often does your employer review it with you? If you are like me it is quarterly, with an annual review that determines any bonus opportunity. My performance determines a healthy portion of my job's compensation, beyond my salary. If I do not perform satisfactorily I am negatively impacted. If I do perform, I am rewarded. Let's compare that model with our 'employees' in Washington. What happens when they do not perform? They are rewarded by being re-elected. What happens when they do perform? They are rewarded by being re-elected. The only thing that prevents incumbants from winning elections these days seems to be scandals that their opponents capitalize on.
Did you know that when our great nation was just starting out, it was up to the US President to maintain the residency out of his own pocket? It was because of this that John Adams (I think) complained to Thomas Jefferson that nobody would want the job of President. I believe that because of this mindset, the framers of the constitution did not see a need for term limits because they did not foresee an abuse of power. But, since the colonial days taxes have constantly increased and budgets have steadily grown fostering that drive for power, so there you go.
We introduced term limits for the US President under the 22nd amendment which was adopted in 1951 after FDR was elected for a record 4th term. Unfortunately, that amendment stopped a little short though...what's good for the goose is good for the gander...it should have been expanded to include congressional members as well. We do not need professional politicians running this country, we need Doctors, Farmers, Hairdressers, Stay-At-Home Moms, Computer Programmers, and even Lawyers...point is, people from all walks of this country bring different perspectives to the table, and that is what moves this country forward. Not the same worn-out, arguments by the same familiar faces.
Now 'We the people' have 0% chance of getting a bill like that approved, much less brought to either floor as long as our duly elected representatives are the ones that would be the ones to vote to cut their own throats! I do believe however that Supreme Court Justice appointments should remain lifetime appointments though...in my humble opinion.
Until the people revolt and institute term limits to send a message to our 'Do Nothing Congress' we are gonna keep sending the same old tired faces back to DC - on both sides of the aisle.
Dare I hope that people are waking up? 535 people are in our US Senate and in our US House of Representatives...working for us, the citizens of the United States. We pay their salaries, and they are to do what we want them to do...but there is no accountability, there is no performance plan that they stick to, just a bunch of empty promises election after election. And we keep sending the same tired bunch to Washington...WHY?? What is it going to take for the people of this country to say enough is enough, and to tell Washington to stop wasting our money?
How many of you reading this have a job performance plan? How often does your employer review it with you? If you are like me it is quarterly, with an annual review that determines any bonus opportunity. My performance determines a healthy portion of my job's compensation, beyond my salary. If I do not perform satisfactorily I am negatively impacted. If I do perform, I am rewarded. Let's compare that model with our 'employees' in Washington. What happens when they do not perform? They are rewarded by being re-elected. What happens when they do perform? They are rewarded by being re-elected. The only thing that prevents incumbants from winning elections these days seems to be scandals that their opponents capitalize on.
Did you know that when our great nation was just starting out, it was up to the US President to maintain the residency out of his own pocket? It was because of this that John Adams (I think) complained to Thomas Jefferson that nobody would want the job of President. I believe that because of this mindset, the framers of the constitution did not see a need for term limits because they did not foresee an abuse of power. But, since the colonial days taxes have constantly increased and budgets have steadily grown fostering that drive for power, so there you go.
We introduced term limits for the US President under the 22nd amendment which was adopted in 1951 after FDR was elected for a record 4th term. Unfortunately, that amendment stopped a little short though...what's good for the goose is good for the gander...it should have been expanded to include congressional members as well. We do not need professional politicians running this country, we need Doctors, Farmers, Hairdressers, Stay-At-Home Moms, Computer Programmers, and even Lawyers...point is, people from all walks of this country bring different perspectives to the table, and that is what moves this country forward. Not the same worn-out, arguments by the same familiar faces.
Now 'We the people' have 0% chance of getting a bill like that approved, much less brought to either floor as long as our duly elected representatives are the ones that would be the ones to vote to cut their own throats! I do believe however that Supreme Court Justice appointments should remain lifetime appointments though...in my humble opinion.
Until the people revolt and institute term limits to send a message to our 'Do Nothing Congress' we are gonna keep sending the same old tired faces back to DC - on both sides of the aisle.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Vote for YoMama
If you are not satisfied with the choices in this year's political election, there is another option...YoMama.
Check it out.
Check it out.
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